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I'm a big fan of slice of life in "otherworldly" situations. Even though my "Go To" is shonen, superpowered battle anime, my all-time favorite anime is the Aria series. It, and other calm and/or funny slice of life shows, never fail to calm my anxiety-ridden life. So I thought I'd give Cheat Kusushi a try.

In some ways so far, it hits those "calming" points. There's something new every week. The stakes are small. the main characters are distinctive, cute and non-threatening. Existential crises are so far nonexistent. But...

From the beginning, it seems like it doesn't know where it should be. Most of the writing, and ... especially the "We're Making Medicine!!!" musical/dancing middle inserts, seem like they're aimed at very young children. But then there's the more mature themes of the young rich guy and his girlfriend, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER HALF OF EP. 5, that make you wonder, "Who is this show trying to target???". I could imagine, with better-than-mediocre writing, they could somehow synergize these disparate points. Who knows, maybe it'll get better in the 2nd half of the cour.

One thing I can definitely give this show a 10/10 for though. They didn't sexualize the little wolf pup, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER HALF OF EP. 5. Good job, people.